---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE NEWBORN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD INITIATIVE ACT; TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION FOR THE NEWBORN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD INITIATIVE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE NEWBORN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD INITIATIVE ACT; TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION FOR THE NEWBORN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD INITIATIVE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1310"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1310 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "Gramlich"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29T20:53:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-18T19:26:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca93b1e3-be9f-4190-a1eb-6d2bc949d5c3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5e0260f5dee6142f95c62c69737ed5a825027ec3d910f881b6d6bed2f1dbd3ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas HB 1310 (2025) — TO AMEND THE NEWBORN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD INITIATIVE ACT; TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION FOR THE NEWBORN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD INITIATIVE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Act 104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=104.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1310** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1310.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- Gramlich — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-29T20:53:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T23:43:29+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T17:20:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T19:47:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T19:47:47+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-05T22:18:09+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-05T22:18:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T23:22:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T22:23:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T22:23:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-12T22:23:35+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-12T23:18:28+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-12T23:18:32+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-13T15:23:24+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-18T19:26:17+00:00** Notification that HB1310 is now Act 104 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca93b1e3-be9f-4190-a1eb-6d2bc949d5c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).